After last week’s ‘shock and awe’ policy announcement by the Bank of Japan, speculation has shifted to how much more might the European Central Bank might do. Both economies are struggling to generate growth and face the risk of tipping into deflation. But would Japanese-style tactics even help the eurozone? Read More »

Is the U.S. yet again destined to do the global economy’s heavy lifting? With the Federal Reserve ending its latest asset purchase program and data suggesting that the first U.S. interest rate hikes of the current cycle could start by next summer, the dollar has been taking off. The flip side of that strong dollar have been a weakening yen and euro after the Bank of Japan ramped up its already enormous asset purchase program and the European Central Bank launches its own albeit more modest measures. Read More »

The Japanese central bank caught the markets by surprise when it announced Friday that it was increasing its annual asset purchase program. Why were the purchases increased and what good will they do? Read More »

On Friday, major central banks in Europe and Asia said they will wind down one of the first coordinated anti-crisis tools established when the first hints of the global financial crisis flared in late 2007.

The decision to scale back U.S. dollar-funding arrangements doesn’t have much market significance; the facilities have been scarcely used for months. But it carries symbolic importance as major economies continue to heal. Some relics of the Lehman era are no longer needed. And there were a lot of them.Read More »

As Federal Reserve officials pursue the most aggressive monetary policy stimulus campaign in their institution’s history, they are mindful of the unintended consequences their actions can have on financial markets. Read More »

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